Evidence of meeting #91 for Public Safety and National Security in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was expungement.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
Pierre Paul-Hus Conservative Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Thank you.
Someone mentioned earlier—I'm not sure, but I think it was Mr. Côté—that 9,000 people might be affected. It isn't a huge number, but I would like to know how far back we can go. If we're talking about 50 years, the total number of people subject to these provisions is about 9,000.
How far back do you plan to go?
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Director General, Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services, Specialized Policing Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
I can take that question, Ms. Thompson.
As part of its internal policies, the RCMP keeps the information in the National Criminal Records Repository for 125 years. This is because various government agencies frequently request information from the RCMP for statistical research. It does not have any impact on
in terms of enforcing the law.
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Conservative
Pierre Paul-Hus Conservative Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Since the number of cases isn't very high, responding to these requests shouldn't be a huge workload for you.
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Director General, Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services, Specialized Policing Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
We support this bill, and we will be ready to implement the decisions of my colleague here, once they have been made.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
I don't see any other questions. Shall we go to clause-by-clause?
I have no amendments before me. Can I group clauses 2 through 30?
(Clauses 2 to 30 inclusive agreed to)
Shall the schedule carry?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
Pam Damoff Liberal Oakville North—Burlington, ON
Mr. Chair, does the record show that it's unanimous when you ask questions like that? Just for the official record, it might be nice to get something that shows that it was. If it doesn't, it's not a big deal.
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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Jean-Marie David
The way it was done, it doesn't show. However, if the committee was to adopt a motion instructing me to reflect that, it could be done.
